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"Find me cards equivalent to: Essence of the Wild"

Equivalent cards (green, similar effect):
1. Essence of the Wild — All creatures enter as its copies.
2. Masked Admirers — Not equivalent; doesn’t copy.
3. Gigantoplasm (blue, not green) — Close, but wrong color and only affect itself.

Short reason: Essence of the Wild is unique in green for this global copy-on-enter effect. No direct green equivalents exist. Closest flavor/mechanical matches in green are Followed Footsteps (blue) and Sakashima the Impostor (blue), but those are not green or an avatar.

Summary: Essence of the Wild is unique in green; no true green equivalents.

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Essence of the Wild

Followed Footsteps

Gigantoplasm

Masked Admirers

Sakashima the Impostor

Essence of the Wild #178 Creature — Avatar

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Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 6
Power/Toughness: 6/6
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  • Creature
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  • Avatar
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Because creatures you control enter as copies of Essence of the Wild, any "enters" triggered abilities printed on such creatures won't trigger.
  • Creatures you control don't copy whether Essence of the Wild is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or any Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
  • External abilities may still affect how a creature enters. For example, if your opponent controls Urabrask the Hidden, which reads, in part, "Creatures your opponents control enter tapped," a creature entering under your control will be a tapped Essence of the Wild.
  • If a creature such as Clone is entering under your control, there will be two copy effects to apply: the creature's own and Essence of the Wild's. No matter what order these effects are applied, the creature will be a copy of Essence of the Wild when it enters.
  • If a creature such as Cryptoplasm that's already on the battlefield copies Essence of the Wild and modifies its own copy effect, that modification is also copied by creatures entering under your control.
  • If you control more than one Essence of the Wild, creatures you control will enter as a copy of the one whose copy effect you apply last.
  • Other "enters" replacement abilities printed on the creature entering won't be applied because the creature will already be Essence of the Wild at that point (and therefore it won't have those abilities). For example, a creature that normally enters tapped will enter as an untapped Essence of the Wild, and a creature that would normally enter with counters on it will enter as an Essence of the Wild with no counters.
  • Replacement effects that modify how a creature enters are applied in the following order: first control-changing effects (such as Gather Specimens), then copy effects (such as the abilities of Essence of the Wild and Clone), then all other effects. This is a minor rules change to make Essence of the Wild and similar cards in the future work intuitively.

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    Tcgplayer / 1.4 USD 0.46 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD / 0.99 USD
    Cardmarket / 1.47 EUR 0.55 EUR
    Manapool 0.38 USD / 1.22 USD

    Legalities

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    Creatures you control enter as a copy of this creature.

    Followed Footsteps #111 Enchantment — Aura

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
    • SubTypes:
  • Aura
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Tokens:
    Copy

    Abilities/Keywords

    Enchant

    Rules

  • Any "enters" abilities of the copied creature trigger when the creature tokens enter the battlefield. The creature tokens also have any "this enters with" or "as this enters" abilities that the copied creature has.
  • If Followed Footsteps and the enchanted creature leave the battlefield simultaneously (say via Upheaval or Akroma's Vengence somehow cast in response to the triggered ability), then a token copy of the creature that was enchanted when it was last on the battlefield is created. If Followed Foosteps did not enchant a creature when last on the battlefield as it went to the graveyard as a state-based action when the enchanted creature left the battlefield in response to the trigger, then no copy will get created.
  • If Followed Footsteps moves after it has triggered, you get a copy of the newly-enchanted creature.

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    Cardkingdom 2.49 USD / 8.99 USD
    Tcgplayer / 6.21 USD 2.64 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.61 EUR 0.56 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Enchant creature At the beginning of your upkeep, create a token that's a copy of enchanted creature.

    Gigantoplasm #450 Creature — Shapeshifter

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 0/0
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Shapeshifter
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Gigantoplasm enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the chosen creature will also work.
  • Effects that modify Gigantoplasm's power and/or toughness, such as the effect of Giant Growth or Glorious Anthem, will apply to Gigantoplasm no matter when they started applying. The same is true for counters that affect its power and/or toughness and effects that switch its power and toughness.
  • Gigantoplasm copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing more (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, etc.
  • However, the effect of that ability isn't copiable. That is, if Gigantoplasm is a copy of a creature with base power and toughness 2/2 and you activate its ability making it a 4/4 creature, another creature that becomes a copy of Gigantoplasm will have base power and toughness 2/2.
  • If Gigantoplasm isn't a creature (perhaps because it copied a land that had temporarily become a creature), you can still activate the ability "{X}: This creature has base power and toughness X/X." However, this ability won't have any effect, and it won't turn Gigantoplasm into a creature.
  • If Gigantoplasm somehow enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, it can't become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that's already on the battlefield.
  • If the chosen creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0. The ability that Gigantoplasm gives itself doesn't affect an {X} in its mana cost.
  • If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is another Gigantoplasm), then Gigantoplasm enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen creature was copying (plus any abilities it gained as part of the copy process, if applicable).
  • The activated ability Gigantoplasm gives itself becomes part of its copiable values. Unless the ability is overwritten by another copy effect, a creature that's a copy of Gigantoplasm will have that ability.
  • The activated ability overwrites all previous effects that set Gigantoplasm's base power and/or toughness to specific values. Other effects that set its base power and/or toughness that start to apply after the ability resolves (including ones created by subsequent activations of the ability) will overwrite the effect of the ability.
  • You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Gigantoplasm enters the battlefield as a 0/0 Shapeshifter creature, and is probably put into the graveyard immediately.
  • If the chosen creature is a token, Gigantoplasm copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created the token. Gigantoplasm isn't a token, even if it's copying one.
  • The activated ability that Gigantoplasm gives itself doesn't have a duration. It lasts until Gigantoplasm leaves the battlefield or another effect overwrites it (for example, if you activate the ability again once you have more mana available). Each time the ability resolves, it will overwrite any previous effects that set its power and toughness, including previous activations of the ability. Effects that otherwise modify Gigantoplasm's power and/or toughness, including +1/+1 counters, will still apply no matter when they took effect.

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    Cardmarket / 0.53 EUR 0.38 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD / 1.99 USD
    Manapool 0.52 USD / 0.48 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.41 USD / 0.46 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has ": This creature has base power and toughness X/X."

    Masked Admirers #154 Creature — Elf Shaman

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 3/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elf
  • Shaman
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • Masked Admirers will return to your hand before the creature spell you cast resolves.
  • The second triggered ability triggers only if Masked Admirers is in your graveyard when you cast a creature spell.

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    Tcgplayer 0.14 USD / 0.52 USD
    Cardmarket 0.19 EUR / 0.49 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.28 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    When this creature enters, draw a card. Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may pay . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

    Sakashima the Impostor #53 Legendary Creature — Human Rogue

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 3/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Rogue
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

  • If there is no creature on the battlefield or if you don't choose a creature as Sakashima enters, Sakashima remains a 3/1 Human Rogue.
  • Sakashima doesn't get the return to hand ability unless a creature is copied as Sakashima enters. Sakashima can't copy itself because the choice is made as part of the event that puts it onto the battlefield, and whatever will be copied must already be on the battlefield.
  • Sakashima must be on the battlefield at the end of turn in order to return to hand. If Sakashima leaves the battlefield after the ability is activated but before the at-end-of-turn ability resolves, the ability does nothing.

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    Cardkingdom 29.99 USD
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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    You may have Sakashima the Impostor enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except its name is Sakashima the Impostor, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it has ": Return Sakashima the Impostor to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step."